Classification Unit PreTest

The fossil of an organism is found near a hot spring. This single-celled organism has a cell wall and no nucleus. Into which of the following groups would you classify this organism?

• 1. Domain Archaea

• 1. Kingdom Plantae

• 1. Kingdom Protista

• 1. Kingdom Fungi

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The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms is called

• 1. Taxonomy

• 1. Natural selection

• 1. Binomial Nomenclature

• 1. Characterization

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The scientific name for the European white water lily is Nymphaea alba. To which genus does this plant belong?

• 1. Nymphaea

• 1. alba

• 1. Water lily

• 1.  alba lily

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 Classification is a tool that is used to study living and extinct organisms. Which of the following are levels in this system?

• 1. Living and nonliving

• 1. Families, genus, and species

• 1. Endangered and not endangered

• 1. Land, marine, and freshwater organisms

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Prokaryotes that live in moderate environments are in the domain

• 1. Archaea

• 1. Fungi

• 1. Bacteria

• 1. Animalia

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A scientist discovers a fossil of a new mammal that was an immediate ancestor of the brown bear. How would this fossil be shown in a branching diagram?

• 1. Its name would be italicized

• 1. Its name would be placed on a branch leading to the brown bear.

• 1. Its name would be placed at the tip of a new branch next to the brown bear.

• 1. Its name would appear at the base of a branching diagram showing all bears

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How do scientists classify organisms?

• 1. By grouping the organisms by their characteristics

• 1. By giving the organisms many common names

• 1. By deciding whether the organisms are useful

• 1. By using only existing categories of classification

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Scientists today use an 8-level classification system. Who developed the original system on which the current classification system is based?

• 1. The Chicabo people

• 1. Oliver Zompro

• 1. Michael Fay

• Carolus Linnaeus

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Complex multicellular organisms that can usually move around and respond to their environment are in the kingdom

• 1. Bacteria

• 1. Archaea

• 1. Eukarya

• 1. Animalia

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What are the two parts of a scientific name?

• 1. Family name and order name

• 1. Genus name and family name

• 1. Family name and specific name

• 1. Genus name and specific name

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